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Bruce Khan’s REVENGER Signals The Long-Awaited Arrival Of A ‘Legend’

As you’re reading this, I’m somewhere between wanting to let my memory breathe so I can suss my thoughts, and wanting to put on record what came to mind per the moment. That’s pretty much the common mindset for anyone driven to express themselves in someway or another, and all the while, I couldn’t be happier that a guy like Bruce Khan is channeling his creative fervor through martial arts and action cinema. His career is bookmarked with only a handful of film titles in several facets in stunts and set-extra, and even actor. I’m even more curious to see how well his role was in the KBS2 drama, The Bridal Mask, what with my own penchants toward Korean dramas every now and then. His 2005 film, Young Man Kang’s The Last Eve, remains an appreciated and beloved gem for the film festival crowds lucky to catch it on the […]

REVENGER: ‘The Last Eve’ Star Bruce Khan Launches A One-Man Kicking Assault In The First Teaser

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Director Kang Young-Man’s award-winning 2005 actioner, The Last Eve, was a rarity for anyone keeping up with burgeoning up-and-comer Bruce Khan. For those not too in the know, Khan was a stuntman and fight choreographer for a time whose credits include Kim Sung-Soo’s coming-of-age gangster drama, Beat, Hong Kong actioners Gen-X Cops and Gen-Y Cops and Jackie Chan pic, The Medallion. Things pretty much flatlined going forward despite the prospects of a Khan/Kang reunion as it’s been more than a decade since then, and so if the latest trailer for Revenger gives you an immediate case of the Holy Shits with a side of whiplash, you are totally forgiven. The immediate look and feel of this is just some of the most exciting shit you’ll see this week if you’ve been pining for a Korean action movie, and with a lead actor with a penchant for fast-twitch, lighting speed kicks […]

THE SUSPECT, (aka YONG-EUI-JA), PARK Hee-soon, 2013. ©Showbox/Mediaplex

LEGEND: Lee Seung-Won’s Prison Revenge Thriller Readies For Indonesia Shoot In February

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Showbox/Mediaplex With period creature feature Strange Object still in tow, actors Park Hee-Soon and Kim In-Kwon are currently the subject of upcoming high octane revenge flick, Legend. Making his directorial debut on this will be Lee Seung-Won in reunion with Park who co-starred in 2013 fugitive thriller, The Suspect, on which Lee served as assistant director for Won Shin-Yeon prior to 2017 suspense flick, Memoir Of A Murderer. Lee’s tentatively titled action movie will reportedly set sail with production next month in Indonesia according to reporter Christopher Weatherspoon at KoBiz. Where the film centers on a man who deliberately imprisons himself in AP101, Asia’s most hellish penitentiary where survival of the fittest is law, Park will play the role of Kun, the influential leader of Asia’s most notorious organization at the inner-most controls of the facility. Details on Kim’s role remain pending while the film aims for a 2018 release. […]